Background Severe mental illness (SMI; schizophrenia, bipolar disorders (BDs), and other
nonorganic psychoses) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

This review indicates that patients with schizophrenia are at increased risk of dying of cancer
and of several specific types of cancer. This increased mortality can be reduced if the price …

The excess mortality in schizophrenia has received much focus. Future studies should
explore the reasons for the high rates of natural causes of death, while aiming to disentangle …

Research regarding the incidence of cancer among people with psychotic disorders relative
to the general population is equivocal, although the evidence suggests that they have more …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is often accompanied by chronic diseases, including mental
health problems. We aimed at studying mental health comorbidity prevalence in T2D …

Although schizophrenia is currently conceptualized as being characterized as a syndrome
that includes a collection of signs and symptoms, there is strong evidence of heterogeneous …

Background People with severe mental illness (SMI) have higher rates of a range of physical
health conditions, yet little is known regarding the clustering of physical health conditions in …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0
(WHODAS-2.0) is a self-administered instrument to assess functional impairment. It is used …

AimsDecades of research show that people with schizophrenia have an increased risk of
death from cancer; however, the relationship between schizophrenia and cancer incidence …

A systematic review aimed to investigate the association between schizophrenia and bipolar
disorder and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), its prevalence and incidence …